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Administrative Areas

Ward
Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Local Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
49
Population
105
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚KW14 8HZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
105
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
89
Single
32
Married
38
Separated
7
Divorced
5
Widowed
7

Health

Population
105
Very good
56
Good
34
Fair
12
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
89
Scotland❚KW14 8HZ❚
Degree or above
5
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
105
White British
4
White Scottish
101

Country of Birth

Population
105
England
5
Scotland
100

Religion

Population
105
Christian
41
No religion
55
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
58
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
3
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
77
Scotland❚KW14 8HZ❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
49
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
17
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
49
Occupied
49
Detached
2
Semi detached
26
Terraced
20
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
49
One person
18
Two people
16
Three people
9
Four people
4
Six people
2

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019